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So I added some brewed tea to my secondary and what looks like a beige sludge is floating/ suspending which will sort of break up if I bump the carboy, any ideas... Protein that came up from the bottom when I poured the tea in...

What does anyone think this is?

I took what I figured was around three cups of "strong" "ice tea grade" loose apricot tea (no artificial flavors), this ended up being around 1 1/4 oz. Steeped them @195 degrees F for 2-3 minutes into some drinking water that I had boiled for around 10 minutes. I also took two artificially...

yea, I think I'm going to brew up a 1 cup of tea per gallon of beer, loose leaf which is a stronger tea, then throw in say 2-3 tea bags... I love the idea of telling my friends and family that I just tea bagged their taste buds!!!! they'll get a kick outta that one!!!:rockin:

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Had some friends ask if it was a meth lab... Haha no a freaking sweet three tier setup!!!!

Tea bags secondary? Flavor? Anyone?

Thanks, haha yea that's why I'm calling it; "T-Bagged Aprihop", I wracked it to secondary sunday morning so my options are limited now but I hear primary fermentation can take a toll on slight flavors as a tea bag would provide... That's why I waited, still would like anyone's opinions that have...

I am making a Dogfish Head Aprihop clone and instead of putting apricot purée or extract I was going to try for a tea bag or three of apricot tea to be placed during secondary... 1) Any thoughts as to the best way to get the flavor into the beer... I.e should I brew the tea and dump the liquid...

1/3 the way...it's way hot and the drill is heating up, gotta rest the tools and my poor hands

That's funny, no its the second one, evolving better technique!

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I like the gun method!!! Seems flawless, haha... Here some holes drilled taking a long time... Hard on the hands!

I bought a blade type thing attached it to my cordless drill and went to town, cut one slit...didn't seem like it would last. I made a design with it kinda like a rim or something...Started to drill holes with these cheaply bits 3/32" from harbor freight worked out well but I had to stop, will...

One thread proposed to keep the holes about 1/4 inch apart and like you said 3/32 drill bit...the slits seem was easy, I may head to the hardware store to see what they got because cobalt drill bit are not cheap and by my math I should be in the 400 range for holes...I'll post later after I come...

I cut the bottom off a sanke keg and am using a triclover to attach plumbing to the top which has now become my bottom(see first pic). I want to use the bottom I cut off as a false bottom. I have seen the few threads on here but am wondering if anyone has some advice as to how big the holes...

Awesome, thank you I am very new to brewing and I didn't know this program did this, I simply saw people requesting extract versions and figured experienced brewers calculated for extract... Thanks again!

Can anyone convert this to extract? Here is the recipe from Beer Advocate... All-Grain recipe: 9.5 lbs. 2-Row 1 lb. Munich 1 lb. CaraPils .5 lb. Caramel 60 Mash for 1 hour at 155F 60 Min. additions: .5 oz. Amarillo .5 oz. Centinial .25 oz. Simcoe 20 Min. additions: .5 oz...

Thanks, I needed that clarification too... I'm very new, it's my first brew.

Awesome, thank you much!! It is coming out of the center hole... So the simple fix is to keg lube, great!!